How Long Has Technology Been Breaking Our Brains?

2025-10-17

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In 2012, long before ChatGPT existed and when AI was generally thought to be firmly in the realm of science fiction, talented software engineer Anthony suffered a psychotic break in which he believed he was an AI being experimented on by his colleagues at Google. At one point in his delusional state he also believed he was a living meme, and also that he had died and was in Hell. Could Anthony be Patient Zero for AI psychosis? Watch this episode to find out.From Executive Producers Mandy Teefey and Selena Gomez.A Wondermind and...

Could Anthony be Patient Zero for AI psychosis? Watch this episode to find out.

From Executive Producers Mandy Teefey and Selena Gomez.

A Wondermind and Agoric Media Production

Featuring:

- Anthony (NYC Man and Former Google Engineer who Suffered an AI Related Delusion A Decade Ago)

- Dr. Joel Gold (Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and co-author of Suspicious Minds)

- Ian Gold, PhD (Professor and Chair of Philosophy and Professor of Psychiatry, McGill and co-author of Suspicious Minds)

- Nick Haber (AI Researcher and Assistant Professor at Stanford University)

- Nate Sharadin (Professor of Philosophy, University of Hong Kong / Research Affiliate, Center for AI Safety)

- Dr. Amy Levy (Co-Chair, American Psychoanalytic Association’s Commission on Artificial Intelligence

Author of The New Other: Alien Intelligence and the Innovation Drive)

- Dr. Todd Essig (Psychologist and Chair of the American Psychoanalytic Association Commission on Artificial Intelligence)